I am the Gardner Here

I am happy. I'm in a good place in my life. I am touched by goodness daily. My favorite holiday is this Sunday. Do we know what Easter really means for each of us? Do we realize the tremendous gift given to us all through the ressurection of the Lord? Can we possibly understand what it means for us? I know that hard times are ahead. Noone can escape life without them. I want to always remember that He is the Gardner. That He is in control and will make me into what it is I'm meant to be. And I may cry. And I may not understand, but I know that He does. 

 

Bonding

There is nothing that makes me more crabby or more sad when my children are fighting. But then, there is nothing that makes me more happy and grateful to be a mother when they are playing and having fun TOGETHER!

Milk Coma

9 months - still my worst sleeping baby. Still melts my heart to pieces!

Stats
weight: 17# 14oz - 7%
length: 17-1/2" - 16%
head circ.: 44-1/2cm - 20%

My Lucky #5

I'm the 7th child. I've always leaned toward even numbers, but I've always thought of 5 as my lucky number. And 3 weeks ago I got the shock of my life....thus far. We are expecting baby #5. Am I ready for another little baby? Well, Joe did sleep all the way through the night for the first time last night, so maybe so. Ready or not, we are excited and we will be ready. I never thought I'd be capable to love so many little people, but somehow I do and I know I'll have room to love this child too. I've always known that being a mother is exactly what I wanted to be more than anything else. I've always known that I wanted many children. Five is many and I'm grateful my body is strong and able to carry them here.

Luck 'O the Irish

A silly holiday if you ask me. The kids have an absolute ball with anything we celebrate though. Darby, our family leprechaun, was particularly naughty this year. Instead of bringing the kids gold and goodies, he wrote on their faces during the night. They were pleased as punch. Go figure!

Making sure we are "pinch proof".

The cutest little Irish boy I know!

We ate green waffles, green jello, and green broccoli. No candy and no one cared. Hooray!

34

Another year older and wiser too...or so I hope. I had such a great birthday this year. Lots of phone calls, spontaneous treat to my favorite place ever....Red Mango!, emails, gouda cheese from my parents (true love there if you know me at all), messages, cards in the mail, pictures drawn for me, homemade gifts from my kids, a night out with my man, games and laughter with good friends. I mean, there can be no complaints with all of that above! I really feel blessed and I am thankful beyond words.

 My homemade lemon sour cream pie! Mmm!!

Cheers to being 34!!

Daddy/Daughter

I'm pretty sure I could hear Abigail's sheer excitement all the way from the pool to my house, which is several miles away. It is nearly impossible to say no to this girl. You just have to say yes to her because, well, she's adorable! So when she asked her daddy if he would take her swimming, boy did he ever! And who wouldn't want to take this munchkin swimming? Even I might venture my post baby body into a suit for her! Thankfully, she hasn't asked me.

Babies

There's always a baby to hold at the Eyre house.

The Progression of the Pickle

FHE (family home evening)

It's usually a production when he teaches the kids.

Teaching them about commandments and the importance of keeping those commandments.

Abby chose our activity of play-do. And Hannah made the dessert (with some help from me of course).

Fun night. Fun family.

Ladies must dress up sometimes

These two were bored. So I dolled them up with a titch of makeup, fancy hairdo's, and gave them hot chocolate and cookies. Boredom solved!

Squishy Bum

Valentines Day

I was low key this year. The kids made their own valentines to give to friends at school.

We sent a silly picture to dad at work to show him we love him and are always thinking of him.

We spent the day at Dance lessons and Hapkido lessons.  Fun stuff!

She was sure a happy little valentine to have us come watch her.

And I'm not sure who was more in heaven; Aaron or Nathan, that they could do Hapkido together.

We celebrated our love for each other the next night with our traditional heart pizza and chocolate fondue!

It was a horribly delicious mess!

I love this group to pieces and would run with this gang anytime, anywhere, any day! Not pictured is my love! Boy, do I love him though. So thankful for his love and friendship.

A little of this. A little of that.

Nathan is LOVING his Hapkido class. Loving!

His sisters are pretty darn impressed with the class too.

Some pictures of the crazy snow we got a couple weeks ago.

When the kids scream inside, we put them outside. We might have gone a little over board this night since it was so cold. (Don't worry, they were only out there for a second and got the message real quick that we DON'T scream inside. Don't report us).

He drives me crazy. But he also makes me laugh. And I'm partial to his crazy side.

She is the cutest ballerina.

She is getting sooo good at this reading stuff.

Hannah brought me breakfast in bed one morning. I'm a lucky girl.

A Really Fun Date

It's not often that we can escape for a whole day together. We were offered tickets to go skiing though, and we did all we could to make it possible. Oh it was so good for the heart. I love being with Aaron. It's so fun to laugh. So fun to flirt and tease each other. He kicks my bootie on the slopes and I think enjoys showing off a tad too. I don't mind. It's pretty fun to see him wiz right past me.

Wish we didn't have these lame-o sunglasses on.

I had an AWESOME fall. And by awesome, I mean scary. Could have been so bad, but thankfully it wasn't. I fell right off a small cliff and headed for a grove of trees. Don't worry, Aaron came just in time to pull his camera out to get a picture of me stuck in the snow. Sweet huh? Laughing all the way. Love him.

I'm just so thankful I didn't hit those trees.
It was a gorgeous day with little to no crowds. Heaven!

Love Affair

These two have a love affair. I've never seen Aaron so hands on with any of his babies. (not to say he loves Joe anymore than the others. I think he's finally just figured out babies is all).

Aaron showing Joe how it's done.

Joe copying to a "t".

It is so fun to see these two together.

8 Months old

My littlest stinker is growing fast! At 8 months, he's found his vocals can be quite handy when he wants something. He eats everything in sight. He's teething like crazy, but nothing has broken through yet. He's still not sleeping through the night. He's pretty attached to his mama. He's obsessed with his siblings. He stares at people a lot. He's messy. He's perfect.